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04-07-2011, 11:14am
NYC's most famous snake awaits her new name
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 11:32 AM EDT
Updated: Apr 07, 2011 12:12 PM EDT
NEW YORK - Will she be called Mia (MEE'-uh), for "missing in action"?
That's one of the top five names in a contest to name the Bronx Zoo cobra that became famous for vanishing.
More than 33,000 nominations were submitted to the Bronx Zoo and New York Daily News. The big announcement is expected Thursday.
The venomous Egyptian cobra went missing two weeks ago and quickly became the stuff of legend. Someone even started pretending to be the cobra on Twitter. The animal was found last Thursday in a dark corner of the reptile house.
Also chosen as finalists in the name contest:
- Cleopatra.
- Agnes, which is Greek for pure or holy.
- Amaunet, an ancient Egyptian goddess. It means "the female hidden one."
- Subira (soo-BEE'-ruh), Egyptian for "patient."
Posted: Apr 07, 2011 11:32 AM EDT
Updated: Apr 07, 2011 12:12 PM EDT
NEW YORK - Will she be called Mia (MEE'-uh), for "missing in action"?
That's one of the top five names in a contest to name the Bronx Zoo cobra that became famous for vanishing.
More than 33,000 nominations were submitted to the Bronx Zoo and New York Daily News. The big announcement is expected Thursday.
The venomous Egyptian cobra went missing two weeks ago and quickly became the stuff of legend. Someone even started pretending to be the cobra on Twitter. The animal was found last Thursday in a dark corner of the reptile house.
Also chosen as finalists in the name contest:
- Cleopatra.
- Agnes, which is Greek for pure or holy.
- Amaunet, an ancient Egyptian goddess. It means "the female hidden one."
- Subira (soo-BEE'-ruh), Egyptian for "patient."